Company Profile

Seth Giddings is the Associate Head of Department for Media and Culture at UWE, Bristol

Tine Bech is an artist and researcher working with interactive sculpture and public art

Journal Authors

Tine Bech

Seth Giddings

Light Bug

Light Bug will create a digitally enhanced set of swings, exploring how imaginary and physical play meet in the digital playground of the future. Working with light, rhythm and sound they will create an intuitive space where children can battle one another, perform and participate, playing together in both new and familiar ways.

Journal Entries

A conversation with Keith Stuart at the January play sandbox got me thinking about the history of playground technology. As he pointed out, swings are Victorian technology. To see Light Bug as technological augmentation of non-technical swings would be mistaken: swings are play with industrial technology, steel chains and cast steel frames, chains and mass-produced, machines parts, pivots and bolts.